The Hallé

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Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances  (35′)
Ravel Piano Concerto in G major (21′)
Stravinsky The Firebird: Suite [1945] (27′)

Having made a deep impression playing Beethoven with the Hallé, the young, internationally acclaimed British virtuoso, Benjamin Grosvenor, returns to play Ravel’s jazz-inspired Concerto in G major. Sir Mark opens the programme with Rachmaninov’s very last work, his Symphonic Dances, embedded within it a nostalgic self-quotation, the main theme of his First Symphony, which due to its disastrous first performance was never played again in the composer’s lifetime. The season’s Opus One concerts conclude with the work that triumphantly ended the Hallé’s 2018 BBC Prom – Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite – ‘it whispered as powerfully as it thundered’ was the Arts Desk’s verdict.

Part of the BBC Ten Pieces initiative